September 18th, 2019
Instagram Filters
Introduction
Businesses and different corporations advertise so many different images in different parts of the
world and almost, of not all, are edited in some way. Most of the things that we see on a daily basis
are social media posts like things on snapchat, instagram or VSCO. These filters used in posts are
used to alter the picture in a very different way than it started out as. With brighter colors and
different contrast points I tried my hand at filtering some pictures that I took in my dorm room.
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How Did I Get This Filter?
For the filter on my pictures i didn't want to go one hundred percent crazy I just wanted to photos to
look like they've been edited. First I adjusted the brightness of the picture to .34. Then I moved the
saturation to .13 to the edges are more crisp. After that I wanted to also move the contrast to .16 so
that the colors popped a little bit more than they already were. To finish it off I changed the exposure
to lighten up the photos and bring out the white.
What I Learned
Editing these pictures have given me more perspective on what can actually be done with photos to
make them look more official. The RGB graph is something that I though would overdue it on these
photos but watching the videos and experiencing working with it in class gives me the knowledge for
future projects and to make all of my content better overall.
